Watch South Alabama's coach go nuts

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  When South Alabama's Domonic Tilford hit an off-balance, bouncing three-pointer with 2.4 seconds left in Saturday's game against UL at the Cajundome, fans on both sides thought the game was clinched.

Randell Daigle did not.

"After a time out, Tyren Johnson inbounded to guard Randell Daigle, a UL kid and Northside High grad, on the dead run toward midcourt," says freelance sportswriter Dan McDonald, who attended the game. "He took a handful of dribbles and let fly from around 35 feet for game-winning three-pointer."

The fans went crazy. But not nearly as crazy as USA head coach Ronnie Arrow. "Arrow seemed OK with everything until he saw an overhead replay on the big scoreboards and became convinced that Daigle didn't get the ball out of his hands before the clock expired," McDonald says. The shot's good if leaves the fingertips before the clock hits zero.

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By Leslie Turk

[raginsaints]

what a huge baby. i wish he would gotten tazed.

[ULtimateCajun]

_ what a huge baby. i wish he would gotten tazed. _

"Don't Taze me Bro.........NO DON'T TAZE ME BRO!" lol

I think that would have been bad PR for both schools had a coach gotten tazed.

[Etowncajun]

It would have been fun to watch...

[RaginFan]

_ It would have been fun to watch... _

It was loads of fun to watch. I stayed and watch the whole thing.....let my wife take the kids to get their free Cajun basketball. Arrow showed poor sportsmanship the whole game, but so did Lee with his outburst and throwing his clipboard to the ground and yelling at players during a timeout. I do, however, think that Coach Lee has gotten better with his temper and it shows in his interaction with the players.

Also, I was very impressed with the basketball give away for all of the kids. I thought the system they used was a good one and I was impressed that they had plenty of balls to give out. My niece and nephew love their Cajun basketballs....and full size ones at that.

Geaux Cajuns

[Cajunbander]

_ It was loads of fun to watch. I stayed and watch the whole thing.....let my wife take the kids to get their free Cajun basketball. Arrow showed poor sportsmanship the whole game, but so did Lee with his outburst and throwing his clipboard to the ground and yelling at players during a timeout. I do, however, think that Coach Lee has gotten better with his temper and it shows in his interaction with the players.

Also, I was very impressed with the basketball give away for all of the kids. I thought the system they used was a good one and I was impressed that they had plenty of balls to give out. My niece and nephew love their Cajun basketballs....and full size ones at that.

Geaux Cajuns _

Was that what that big greenscreen was for? I couldn't tell, we come in the stage door on the other side of the arena. I was wondering about that the whole night.

[CajunDawgPound]

I can say emphatically that the F-bomb was dropped. Anyone at the scorers table or anywhere near the scorers tble could hear it and if they deny it, they were at a different game than I was.

Also, the jerk chest-bumped a UL-Police officer and should have been charged with assaulting her. The only reason nothing was done, was that a bad situation would have been worse.

He and his assistant should have been tossed in the hoose-gow for the night to cool off. Definitely a Bobby Knight-type L O S E R of a human being!

[levetsj]

GREAT VIDEO South Alabama basketball coach Ronnie Arrow has a meltdown after a last second loss to Louisiana. Coach Goes Crazy On The Court

http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/co...e_court/22994/


Coach Goes Crazy On The Court

By WKRG Staff


Published: Mon, January 26, 2009 - 6:02 pm Last Updated: Mon, January 26, 2009 - 6:05 pm

South Alabama basketball coach Ronnie Arrow is taking some heat for getting heated with referee's after a last second loss to Louisiana.

The Jags took a one point lead with 2.4 seconds left Saturday night on Dominic Tilford's three-pointer. But the Ragin' Cajuns came right back and hit a shot at the buzzer from way downtown to win 67-65.

Arrow is convinced the shot didn't leave the players' hand until after the buzzer had sounded, which would mean it wouldn't count. But the play couldn't be reviewed because there is no court side monitor at the Cajundome. Arrow was beside himself that a Division 1 school wouldn't have a monitor. Click play to watch his meltdown.

News 5 contacted Arrow for comment, but the University said he is out of town on a recruiting trip.

[Tiredof theBS]

_ Why wouldn't you believe this? I've talked some of our own players who don't like Coach Lee and his coaching methods. _

You may find a player who might, in a very subtle manner, insinuate that they are not always in agreement with a team coach, but no player with two brain cells to rub together would state that his coach is a “cry baby” or that “he gets frustrated listening to him constantly whine during games.”

A rule of sport is that you always take the company line – a player takes up for his coach, and the coach takes up for his players. Once a player leaves a team you may find a few disgruntled players who don’t keep in line with their team, but being part of the team means you have each other’s backs.

I’ll go back to my original statement, and turn it back on our own team. Tell me the name of a player who bad mouths Coach Lee or any other coach and I’ll be happy to discuss with Coach what his players are saying in public. If the player admits to making the statements and is not severely disciplined there is a problem. If the player denies his statements then he totally destroys his credibility.

[Damon]

GREAT VIDEO South Alabama basketball coach Ronnie Arrow has a meltdown after a last second loss to Louisiana. Coach Goes Crazy On The Court

http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/co...e_court/22994/


Coach Goes Crazy On The Court

By WKRG Staff


Published: Mon, January 26, 2009 - 6:02 pm Last Updated: Mon, January 26, 2009 - 6:05 pm

South Alabama basketball coach Ronnie Arrow is taking some heat for getting heated with referee's after a last second loss to Louisiana.

The Jags took a one point lead with 2.4 seconds left Saturday night on Dominic Tilford's three-pointer. But the Ragin' Cajuns came right back and hit a shot at the buzzer from way downtown to win 67-65.

Arrow is convinced the shot didn't leave the players' hand until after the buzzer had sounded, which would mean it wouldn't count. But the play couldn't be reviewed because there is no court side monitor at the Cajundome. Arrow was beside himself that a Division 1 school wouldn't have a monitor. Click play to watch his meltdown.

News 5 contacted Arrow for comment, but the University said he is out of town on a recruiting trip.

The question is, does HIS school have a court-side monitor? Cry more, coach.

[RaginCajun2010]

The green screen to my understanding was to be in a commercial.

[ULtimateCajun]

They should have arrested his @ss. On the video you can see the female UP try to subdue the coach and she backs up and yells don't touch me and another coach steps in between. He is lucky. I do agree that there should be monitors at ALL games, but the fact that it isn't an NCAA rule and that we didn't have them, bumping cops and dropping f-bombs isn't going to change anything.

I love how he drops the "kids" card on a UL official yet in the same sentence he drops an f-bomb. LOL Yeah coach, your setting a great example for the "kids" you coach.